Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1/27/1961

Shumway v. Nelson

Citations

259 Minn. 319
107 N.W.2d 531
1961 Minn. LEXIS 671

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rejecting an assertion that the decedent’s sole beneficiary rather than the trustee was the real party in interest in a wrongful death action
rejecting an assertion that the decedent's sole beneficiary rather than the trustee was the real party in interest in a wrongful death action
explaining that an action under § 573.02 “creates an entirely new cause of action for the purpose of compensating the next of kin who have suffered pecuniary loss by reason of the death of the decedent. It is not brought for the benefit of the decedent”
explaining that an action under § 573.02 “creates an entirely new cause of action for the purpose of compensating the next of kin who have suffered pecuniary loss by reason of the death of the decedent. It is not brought for the benefit of the decedent”
“This statute creates an entirely new cause of action for the purpose of compensating the next of kin who have suffered pecuniary loss- by reason of the death of the decedent.”
wrongful death statute “is remedial in character and thus requires a liberal construction.”

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